Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893)
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Carolyn Downs Family Medical Center (1968- )
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Harold Ford, Sr. (1945- )
Maritcha Lyons
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Maritcha Lyons (1848-1929)

Explore Global African History

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Gao, West Africa (ca. 1450- )
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Africans, African Americans, Great Britain and the United States: The Curious History of the Rio Pongo in the Early 19th Century
Brita Ababa Þórhallsdóttir
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Brita Ababa Þórhallsdóttir (1999- )
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Oliver Golden (1887-1940)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Manumission of Monimia Travers: A Slave Freed at Fort Vancouver
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From the Slave Quarters to the Courtroom: The Story of the First African American Attorney in the United States
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From Finland to “Not in My Neighborhood”: Antero Pietila’s Journey To and Through Racially Divided America
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Telling Carl Maxey’s Story: Understanding the Fighter in the Ring and the Courtroom

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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